title: The effect of bone displacement operations on facial soft tissues.
abstract: A novel biomechanical model for face soft tissue (skin, mucosa, and muscles) is introduced to investigate the effect of mandible and chin bone displacement on the overall appearance of the patient's face. Nonlinear FE analysis is applied to the model and the results obtained are used to help surgeons to decide the amount of displacement required.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hisham
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002680:Chin / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005145:Face / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008334:Mandible / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D012984:Software; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed